Comparative Fatty Acid Profiling of Edible Fishes in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare the relative nutritional benefit of edible Malaysian fishes from the coast of Terengganu in Malaysia, as well as to perform a taxonomical characterization and metal assessment. Discrimination between species was carried out by a morphological and molecular approach by evaluating the total concentrations of metals by ICP-MS analyses and the fatty acids (FA) composition using the GC-MS approach on the fish fillet tissues. The taxonomical studies detected fishes of 11 families and 13 species. The heavy metal assessment showed that all detected elements did not exceed the regulatory limit stated by Malaysian Food Regulations. The proportion of saturated fatty acids (SFA) ranged from 33 to 58.34%, followed by the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) values fro

SUBMITTER: Tramice A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8535710 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature